The resulting mosaic of images, while often specific to France, reflects the experience of other Western societies in which patterns of love have been altered by a host of new or intensified variables: feminism, gay and lesbian rights, H.I.V./AIDS, longevity, late marriages and single mothers, plastic surgery, fashion, falling birth rates, advertising, immigration and unemployment.
For pathogenic microorganisms, such as fungi, bacteria and especially viruses, populations infecting an individual host are often highly variable, intensifying the difficulties involved in distinguishing and accurately quantifying numerous alleles or variants co-existing in a single nucleic acid sample.
We report that parcels of semi-natural grassland were more likely to have been converted to intensive agriculture if they were large, had a high nutrient status and were in the proximity of land that has already been intensified; three variables indicating an environmental potential for intensification.
Using logistic regression with the provider decision to intensify as the dependent variable, the provider's assessment of adherence (as a continuous, independent variable) was not predictive of the decision to intensify (OR 0.96, p = 0.25).
Conceptually, slum residence can be viewed as a moderating variable, which intensifies or attenuates the effects of background characteristics such as current age, sex, economic status, and education level to influence the proximate determinants of HIV status (see Fig. 1).
This gap between the evidence base and the reality of clinical practice and its variable outcomes intensifies the pressure on clinicians working in professional sport and invites the temptation of speculative interventions.
The attacks are intensifying.
Regulatory pressures are intensifying.
Intensifying cyber threats5.
(12)Intensifying screens.
In fact, competition is intensifying.
